Community Capital Resources (formerly Westchester Housing Fund) provides capital, technical
assistance and education to community development initiatiaves in a seven county area in the lower
Hudson Valley of New York. CCR provides feasibility, pre-development and bridge loans to
developers of affordable housing; it provides grants, loans and technical assistance to low income
start up and emerging entrepreneurs; and CCR is the largest provider of financial literacy
education in the region, reaching over 500 low income households annually. Since its inception in
1989, CCR has been instrumental in creating over 1700 units of affordable housing. Its relatively
new Micro Business program has doubled in size each year and the asset development activities such
as financial literacy, VITA support and the First Investors program are growing at a rapid pace.